Oscillating corn husking bed having a screen thereunder



c. B RICHEY Feb. 8, 1955 OScLLATNG CORN HUsKNG BED HAvNG A SCREEN THEREUNDER 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed june 4 1952 B] RICHEY Feb. 8 1955 3 SheetS-Sheet 2 F11ed June 4 1952 Feb. 8, 1955 C B. RICHEY 2,70l,568

OScLLATNG CORN HUSKNG BED HAVING A SGREEN THEREUNDER F1ed June 4 1952 5 SheetS-Sheet 5 n10val of corn husks deposited thereon and to force the shelled corn throngh the perfotations in the face of the trough for c()llection of such Shelled cor11 This a Tangement provides f0 a Sin...ple and inexpensively nlanufacturable shelled col'n saver. In addition, the open construction 0f the bed facilitates the introduction of the ears of corn to such bed thereby increasing the eiCiency of the cor1 picking Ilachine.

It Will, 0f course, be understood that various details of construction Inay be varied through a vvide range vvithout departing from the pinciples of this invention and it is, therefore, n0t the purpose to li1:it tle patent granted hereon othervvise than necessitated by T116 scope of the appended clain.

I claim:

In a c01n harvesting l]1achine having a f[anle, a huskunit C0Ilprising in c0nbination a pair of opposed, laterany-Spaced end plates having a common axis, a plu- Tality of pairs of c00perating husking rous having theit ends respectively rotatably journaled in Said end plates, Said husking rons being Tadially disposed about said con1 mon axis of said end plates and angularly spaced apart to dene an upvvardly open Sen]i-cyli11drical husking bed,

nleans fol rotatably iournaung sald end lates on the frame with Sad common axis inclined to vertically Slope said husking T011S, an arcuate Screen Inounted underneath said husking bed parallel thereto but spaced vertically downwardly theref0n1, Said Screen Teceiving husks and Shelled corn fr01 said husking T01S, a generally longitudinally extending blade rle1be1 dependingly Inounted on said husking bed, Said blade member being in sub Stantial contact yvith said Screen, means for rotating said husking T()lls, and Ileans for rocking Said husking bed, Whereby Said blade nlen1ber vvipes across the surface of said screen to ren10ve co'l1 husks therefron] and to force the Shelled corn thtough the perforations of Said Screen.

Refeeces cite( i1 the me of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Knapp 

